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**LegendarySSJ7** · 07-05-2008

1. Son Goku vs. Piccolo Junior - I felt this fight was commanding and a good catalyst for skill, coupled with good art, a certain visceral, vehement, feel, and a good villain to boot, along with a good ending for early Dragonball. It was more or less geared towards comedy relief pre-DBZ, but for something that is widely deemed superficial (as action tales can be), I felt it was a great way to send off that whole early portion with a bang.

2. Son Goku vs. Freeza - It called to an epic nature that only so many fights afterwards could allude to with fulfilling the Legendary Super Saiyan legend against the most feared tyrant of the Universe on a dying planet. It was more surviving than living. That both combatants - Freeza and Goku - were to die sort of proved that "good" and "evil" necessary for one to the other. I felt it was also before Goku became too "flawless" as he was deemed in subsequent saga arcs.

3. Son Gohan vs. Cell - the highlight of that whole arc with the mantle being passed onto Gohan, like art in air. The final Kamehameha clash is also one of the most inspiring moments of the whole Manga to me, and the repercussions of SSj2 Gohan's actions (almost indirectly destroying the Earth) showed that strength does indeed stem from pain and suffering in many ways. And Vegeta's monotousness irked me, but if anything I'm of the train of thought that it justified that perhaps fighting as a Saiyan was a lost cause on Vegeta's part, and that him fighting another day might have been more apt. That aside, I felt the climax worked well (aside from keeping the Dragonballs around).

4. Son Goku vs. Tenshinhan (22nd and 23rd Budokai) - The art, fights, characters, and everything simply reaches a plateau that I feel was the height of early Dragonball. Seeing Tenshinhan at his height (or at least one of his peaks) and pulling off techniques such as the Shinshin made for good recollections.

5. Ultimate Gohan vs. Majin Boo II - at select times, I felt Boo had too much or not enough of a persona, but the brevity worked well with the choice of cameras and angles, and considering how disdainful and jeered Gohan's character was in comparison to his former self (being a shadow of that, despite that he did aim to be a scholar initially), I felt that seeing Gohan flower and win so thoroughly was great. Sadly, it was a window of greatness.

07-05-2008	#6 (permalink)
LegendarySSJ7 Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: LA, CA, USA. Posts: 2,735 Rep Power: 48	Re: Top 5 Best fights in all of DB/Z/GT 1. Son Goku vs. Piccolo Junior - I felt this fight was commanding and a good catalyst for skill, coupled with good art, a certain visceral, vehement, feel, and a good villain to boot, along with a good ending for early Dragonball. It was more or less geared towards comedy relief pre-DBZ, but for something that is widely deemed superficial (as action tales can be), I felt it was a great way to send off that whole early portion with a bang. 2. Son Goku vs. Freeza - It called to an epic nature that only so many fights afterwards could allude to with fulfilling the Legendary Super Saiyan legend against the most feared tyrant of the Universe on a dying planet. It was more surviving than living. That both combatants - Freeza and Goku - were to die sort of proved that "good" and "evil" necessary for one to the other. I felt it was also before Goku became too "flawless" as he was deemed in subsequent saga arcs. 3. Son Gohan vs. Cell - the highlight of that whole arc with the mantle being passed onto Gohan, like art in air. The final Kamehameha clash is also one of the most inspiring moments of the whole Manga to me, and the repercussions of SSj2 Gohan's actions (almost indirectly destroying the Earth) showed that strength does indeed stem from pain and suffering in many ways. And Vegeta's monotousness irked me, but if anything I'm of the train of thought that it justified that perhaps fighting as a Saiyan was a lost cause on Vegeta's part, and that him fighting another day might have been more apt. That aside, I felt the climax worked well (aside from keeping the Dragonballs around). 4. Son Goku vs. Tenshinhan (22nd and 23rd Budokai) - The art, fights, characters, and everything simply reaches a plateau that I feel was the height of early Dragonball. Seeing Tenshinhan at his height (or at least one of his peaks) and pulling off techniques such as the Shinshin made for good recollections. 5. Ultimate Gohan vs. Majin Boo II - at select times, I felt Boo had too much or not enough of a persona, but the brevity worked well with the choice of cameras and angles, and considering how disdainful and jeered Gohan's character was in comparison to his former self (being a shadow of that, despite that he did aim to be a scholar initially), I felt that seeing Gohan flower and win so thoroughly was great. Sadly, it was a window of greatness. __________________ Last edited by LegendarySSJ7; 07-11-2008 at 08:45 PM.